Exam 1: Orientation to Surgical Technology

Which of the following is an independent, nonprofit national organization that develops standards for and accredits health care organizations in the United States?

Which of the following roles is defined by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) as providing aid in exposure, hemostasis, and other technical functions that help the surgeon carry out a safe operation with optimal results for the patient?

Surgical technologists may discuss details of their daily experiences as long as they are not in a public place.

Professionalism is a lifelong commitment for a surgical technologist who has specific duties and responsibilities for providing the highest quality surgical patient care.

Which specialist would likely have privileges to surgically treat diseases of the breast, hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal systems, and thyroid gland?

Through which hospital department or committee would the certified surgical first assistant (CSFA) submit a request for privileges to work in the operating room?

Match each term below with its description. -Pathway or program of upward movement to positions of increased responsibility within an organization

Which of the following historical figures developed the first x-ray machine?

Which term describes the relationship between the certified surgical technologist (CST) and the other members of the surgical team in the OR?

What type of professional would have DO or DPM after his or her name?

The ARC/STSA administers the national certification examination for surgical technologists and owns the CST and CSFA credentials.

Which of the following membership organizations would the circulating RN in the operating room likely join as a member?

The hospital's infection control nurse would report any suspicion of rare or mysterious infectious diseases to which governmental agency?

When an ARC/STSA site visitor is sent to a surgical technology program to verify and clarify records and annual reporting information, to whom does he or she submit the findings?

Which of the following symbols on the Association of Surgical Technologists (AST) logo represents the surgical technologist performing various roles in surgery?

Which organization develops national certification exams for surgical technologists and surgical first assistants and confers the appropriate credential to eligible certificants?

Match each term below with its description. -Individual with training and credentials to help position, drape, and transfer patient as well as provide visualization of operative site and close body planes

What does the acronym DRG stand for in the hospital setting?

Which national membership organization's House of Delegates proposed the creation of the Association of Operating Room Technicians (AORT) in 1969?

Which term describes a physician-group-owned hospital?